The Port Sunlight Village Trust

Analysis

The Port Sunlight Village Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03719976). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Port Sunlight Village Trust reported income of £3.5m and spending of £4.0m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £3.7m to £3.5m (-6.6%), an average of -1.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, The Port Sunlight Village Trust sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weald and Downland Open Air Museum Limited (£3.4m), Ukgbc (£3.5m) and The Foundation and Friends of the Royal Botanic Gardens,kew (£3.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, trading 6.2%, investments 5.2% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.5m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 55 people.